Name: Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded steady to 5.00 lower, feeder bulls traded 10.00 to 15.00 lower on a limited supply to compare to last week. Feeder heifers were steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cattle were 5.00 to 10.00 lower on a short supply compared to last week, no trend is available on slaughter bulls..

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.43/cwt on 102 head.

Average price

$148.43

102 head · 464 lb average

Value per head Derived

$689

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$23

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$22.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.09

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	459	150.41	690	93
Medium and Large 2	521	127.89	666	9thin

One grade step is worth $22.52/cwt here — about $23 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale102 hd

148.43

—

AR average8 barns · 1,531 hd

148.33

+0.09

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,154	55.40	639	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	963	41.11	396	3thin

Every lot, as filed

50 lots · USDA AMS · Ash Flat Livestock Auction - Ash Flat, AR

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	430	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	602	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	494	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	111.01/cwt	110.00–112.00	627	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	440	138.39/cwt	135.00–140.00	609	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	501	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	676	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	445	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	126.34/cwt	125.00–127.00	543	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	671	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	114.88/cwt	110.00–120.00	477	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	115.29/cwt	110.00–122.00	436	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	135.42/cwt	130.00–139.00	433	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	129.71/cwt	124.00–131.00	617	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	305	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	430	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	112.52/cwt	110.00–115.00	363	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	110.34/cwt	100.00–120.00	583	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	682	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	123.78/cwt	122.00–126.00	630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	134.83/cwt	130.00–139.00	498	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,154	55.40/cwt	54.00–57.00	639	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	444	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	39.66/cwt	37.00–42.50	373	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	773	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	151.12/cwt	140.00–153.00	722	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	157.94/cwt	150.00–164.00	581	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	602	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	108.06/cwt	106.00–110.00	778	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	140.33/cwt	140.00–141.00	758	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	309	166.35/cwt	165.00–168.00	514	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,069	855.41/cwt	650.00–1,100.00	9,144	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	9,063	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,133	1,025.00/cwt	925.00–1,100.00	11,613	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	133.31/cwt	130.00–135.00	677	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	765	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	400	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	628	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	136.31/cwt	130.00–139.50	831	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	787	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	864	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	441	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	265	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	339	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	108.95/cwt	103.00–115.00	626	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	665.00/cwt	650.00–680.00	7,980	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	453	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	544	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	517	150.83/cwt	150.00–151.00	780	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	401	156.29/cwt	150.00–157.00	627	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	131.66/cwt	127.00–137.00	754	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	570	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	445	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	490	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	295	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	413	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	492	138.27/cwt	138.00–140.00	680	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	504	1

How this sale compares

Arkansas weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Arkansas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Arkansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Ash Flat Livestock Auction - Ash Flat, AR

Fri Apr 3, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Little Rock, AR (LS-LR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 472Last week 379Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 80Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 40Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	130.00	130.00
2	—	565	110.00–112.00	111.01
1	—	340	131.00	131.00
2	—	453	120.00	120.00
1	—	445	110.00	110.00
1	—	295	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	440	135.00–140.00	138.39
10	—	501	135.00	135.00
3	—	573	127.00–137.00	131.66
7	—	492	138.00–140.00	138.27
1	—	360	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	125.00–127.00	126.34
12	—	559	120.00	120.00
3	—	320	130.00–139.00	135.42
6	—	476	124.00–131.00	129.71
1	—	620	110.00	110.00
4	—	509	122.00–126.00	123.78
22	—	369	130.00–139.00	134.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	110.00–120.00	114.88
6	—	378	110.00–122.00	115.29
2	—	323	110.00–115.00	112.52
4	—	528	100.00–120.00	110.34
2	—	575	103.00–115.00	108.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	305	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	552	140.00	140.00
11	—	478	140.00–153.00	151.12
26	—	368	150.00–164.00	157.94
3	—	540	140.00–141.00	140.33
6	—	309	165.00–168.00	166.35
15	—	610	130.00–139.50	136.31
3	—	667	118.00	118.00
1	—	815	106.00	106.00
17	—	401	150.00–157.00	156.29
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	140.00	140.00
2	—	720	106.00–110.00	108.06
3	—	508	130.00–135.00	133.31
1	—	665	115.00	115.00
2	—	315	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	400	157.00	157.00
6	—	517	150.00–151.00	150.83

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,154	54.00–57.00	55.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	44.00	44.00
2	—	940	37.00–42.50	39.66

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,069	650.00–1,100.00	855.41
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,250	725.00	725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,133	925.00–1,100.00	1,025.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,200	650.00–680.00	665.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Ash Flat Livestock Auction - Ash Flat, AR

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